Income Inequalities
1. Trends in income and wealth inequality - Pew Research Center
Economic inequality, whether measured through the gaps in income or wealth between richer and poorer households, continues to widen.
The income gap between the rich and everyone else has been growing markedly, by every major statistical measure, for more than 30 years.
Income Inequality Definition: Examples and How It's Measured
Income inequality refers to how unevenly income is distributed in a population. The less equal the distribution, the greater the income inequality.
Introduction to Inequality - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Most common metric is Income Inequality, which refers to the extent to which income is evenly distributed within a population.
Income inequality is the difference in how income is distributed among the population. Income is defined as household disposable income in a particular year.
Income Inequality - U.S. Census Bureau
A large number of factors have been identified as contributing to changes in inequality, the root causes are still not entirely understood.
Rising inequality: A major issue of our time - Brookings Institution
Wealth inequality within countries is typically much higher than income inequality. It has followed a rising trend across countries since around ...
Income inequality | Definition, Kinds, & Facts | Britannica Money
Income inequality, in economics, significant disparity in the distribution of income between individuals, groups, populations, social classes, or countries.
Economic Inequality - Our World in Data
Income inequality: Gini coefficient, 2023. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1 ...
Inequality – Bridging the Divide - the United Nations
Up to 30 per cent of income inequality is due to inequality within households. When it comes to women and girls, progress is uneven. In many ways gender ...
Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America - Urban Institute
Share of Households with Emergency Savings Equal to at Least One Month's Income, by Race and Ethnicity, 1989–2022.
2022 Income Inequality Decreased for First Time Since 2007
Using pretax money income, the Gini index decreased by 1.2% between 2021 and 2022 (from 0.494 to 0.488). This annual change was the first time ...
A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality
This guide consists of four sections. The first describes the commonly used sources and statistics on income and discusses their relative strengths and ...
Income Inequality - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Introduction to Inequality. Inequality is a complex concept and is difficult to measure. Excessive inequality can erode social cohesion, lead to political ...
Economic inequality - Wikipedia
Income inequality between nations peaked in the 1970s, when world income was distributed bimodally into "rich" and "poor" countries. Since then, income levels ...
The U.S. Inequality Debate | Council on Foreign Relations
Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in almost any other developed nation, and it is on the rise, sparking an ...
Geographic Inequality on the Rise in the U.S.
The gap in incomes between richer places and poorer places has grown. Strikingly, geographic income inequality continued to climb in recent ...
World Inequality Database: Home - WID
Home The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international academic consortium.
Interactive: The Unequal States of America | Economic Policy Institute
Income inequality in the United States. Income trends have varied from state to state, and within states. But a pattern is apparent: the growth of top 1 ...
6 facts about economic inequality in the U.S. - Pew Research Center
61% of Americans say there is too much economic inequality in the country today, but views differ by political party and household income level.